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Nov 19

This is @jimkwik.

He went from being the "boy with the broken brain" to reading 1,000+ books and selling 1M+ copies of his book "Limitless."

Here are 11 tips to help you read books faster and better:

1) Use A Visual Pacer

Use a pen or your finger to follow the words that you're reading.

This technique can help you read 25-70% faster.

Your eyes are naturally attracted to motion, so your reading speed will increase when you use a visual pacer.

2) Skip Small Words

Learning how to read faster is all about eliminating the small, unnecessary words that fill up a page.

When we’re trying to read quickly, we can often skip these words with no ill effects: “if,” “is,” “to,” “the,” and “and.”

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Nov 11

Before Napoleon was a leader, he was a reader.

He read everything he could get his hands on–history, philosophy, politics, etc.

Here are the 10 books that influenced him the most:

1) "Lives" by Plutarch

Napoleon discovered this book when he was 9 years old.

From it, he learned about two legendary figures–Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar.

From that point on, Napoleon dreamed of following in their footsteps of military glory and leadership.

2) "Julie" by Rousseau

Napoleon's early readings of Rousseau shaped his politics, philosophy, emotional infrastructure, and writing ambitions.

Napoleon copied Rousseau's writing style, wrote similar books to his, and used his books as a template for his love letters.

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Oct 30

7 Strategies that will make you a better reader:

(from bestselling author @RyanHoliday)

1) Stop Reading Books You Aren’t Enjoying

You turn off a TV show if it’s boring. You stop eating food that doesn’t taste good. You unfollow people when you realize their content is useless.

Life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy reading.

My rule is 100 pages minus your age. Say you’re 30 years old—if a book hasn’t captivated you by page 70, stop reading it.

2) Keep A Commonplace Book

In his book, Old School, Tobias Wolf’s semi-autobiographical character takes the time to type out quotes and passages from great books to feel great writing come through him.

I do this almost every weekend in what I call a “commonplace book”— a collection of quotes, ideas, stories and facts that I want to keep for later. It’s made me a much better writer and a wiser person.

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Oct 25

This is @katy_milkman.

She has a PhD from Harvard, is a professor at Wharton, and has spent her life studying behavior change.

Here are 10 key lessons from her bestselling book "How To Change":

1) An ideal time to change your behavior is after a fresh start (new year, month, week, birthday, etc).

2) Making smaller and more frequent commitments is more effective than making larger but less frequent ones.

Saving $5 per day > Saving $1,825 per year

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Oct 23

This is @RyanHoliday.

He's written 10+ bestselling books and read 3,000+ books.

Here are 11 tips I learned from his "Read to Lead" course:

1) Start A Commonplace Book

It's not enough to read great books...

You need a place to store all of the interesting ideas, quotes, and lessons you discover.

That's what a commonplace book is for.

Jot down key information in a notebook so that you can use it later in life.

2) Calculate How Many Books You Have Left To Read

If you're 30 years old and read 10 books a year, that means you only have 500 books left to read in your lifetime.

BUT...that number is flexible.

If you spend more time reading now, you can end up reading so many more books!

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Oct 15

This is the most mind-blowing book I've read this year.

It's written by an ex-Stanford doctor and ex-food lobbyist who expose the medical, food, and pharmaceutical industry.

12 Shocking lessons from "Good Energy" by @CaseyMeansMD & @calleymeans:

1) Some scary stats:

-60% of adults have a chronic illness
-50% of adults will deal with mental illness sometime in life
-74% of adults are overweight or obese

2) Every institution that impacts your health makes more money when you are sick and less when you are healthy.

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